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Lords committee chair blasts government’s “nonsense” over IR35

IR35 is riddled with problems, unfairness and unintended consequences and has not worked for 20 years, according to Lord Forsyth, chair of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee.

Lords committee chair blasts government’s “nonsense” over IR35
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Lords committee blasts government’s over IR35

In the wake of the pandemic, the government decided to defer implementation of their plans to extend the off-payroll rules (commonly known as IR35) to the private sector until April 6 2021. At the time of the announcement the government stressed this was a deferral not a cancellation.

Read more at the Accountancy Age

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